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Council on
Education
Carolyn DePew
The creation of a separate department of communication disorders, the approval of the
medical withdrawal procedures, and the refining of the process for the resolution of grading
errors were some of the accomplishments of the Undergraduate Council in its Wednesday
meeting.
"Everything that has to do with undergraduate education at the University of Houston
comes through the Undergraduate Council," said staff associate Dr. Brian McKinney.
The communications disorders faculty
asked the Undergraduate Council to designate
their program as a department separate from the
School of Communication. The Academic
Operations and Standards Committee looked into
it and advised the council in their report.
According to the committee report, the
communication disorders major's redesignation
as a separate department is logical from an
academic perspective because the communication
disorders major and the School of
Communication curricula have evolved in
separate directions. There is little integration
between the major and the department now.
Dr. Robert Musberger, Associate Professor
of Communications, told that committee that he
knew of no faculty in the School of
Communication who opposed creating a separate
department for communication disorders. He
added that there were some financial concerns involving the division of funding should the new
department be created, but he is optimistic that they would be resolved successfully.
After the presentation by the AOS committee, the Undergraduate Council voted
unanimously to create the new department. It is to be housed under the College of Humanities,
Fine Arts, and Education. A new building for the new department, located adjacent to Parking
Lot 9, is in the works.
The next concern brought up in the AOS committee report was the review of the medical
withdrawal procedures.
Although the current medical withdrawal policy was recommended by the committee to
be continued without alteration, some wires were crossed while discussing the finer points of the
system.
There is no time limit to apply for a medical withdrawal, even after the final grades have
been posted. A student must go to the office for medical withdrawals (located within the
Provost's office) and applies. Instead of chasing down the professors themselves, the office
Richard Kasschau, Jon
Lorance and the other
members of the council
begin their meeting. They
meet every other
Wednesday to discuss
undergraduate education.
Photo by Patrick
Bernard Sullivan
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